Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?